Selden Gates
Dateearly 19th century
MediumSilhouette; cut paper and ink on black-painted wove paper in wood frame under glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 x 1 1/2in. (7.6 x 3.8cm)
Sheet (diameter): 3 1/8in. (7.9cm)
Frame (diameter x depth): 5 1/16 x 3/4in. (12.9 x 1.9cm)
Sheet (diameter): 3 1/8in. (7.9cm)
Frame (diameter x depth): 5 1/16 x 3/4in. (12.9 x 1.9cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Lucy Brainard
DescriptionBust-length profile portrait of a man, facing left, in circular frame.
Object number1896.4.0
MarkingsOn verso, on paper label, in brown ink, "from C.A. Gates / Profile of Selden Gates / For Abby Brainerd."; in pencil, "Foote gen. no. 555"; in red ink, "12360"InscribedOn verso of frame, in red paint, "2393" "1896.4.0"NotesSubject Note: The Barbour Index shows a man named Selden Gates born in East Haddam on 13 September 1778 to Caleb and Esther Gates. The 1860 Census lists a man named Selden Gates who was born in Connecticut about 1800, who was living in Van Etten, New York in 1860. It seems likely that this second Selden Gates was the son of the first Selden Gates. (Finlay 12/30/2009)On View
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